Prizes
Finalists revealed for Canada’s top contemporary art prize
The winner of the C$100,000 Sobey Art Award for 2023 will be announced in November
Museums in four states win top US prize
The Institute of Museum and Library Services bestowed its top honours for 2023 on museums in Florida, Ohio, Wyoming and California
Conceptual artist Jessica Vaughn wins new Frieze prize, will bring mail art project to New York fair
Vaughn is the recipient of the inaugural Frieze Artadia Prize, which will commission a New York-based past Artadia awardee to present a project at Frieze New York
Rand Abdul Jabbar wins the second Richard Mille Art Prize
Artist was awarded the $60,000 prize in a ceremony at the Louvre Abu Dhabi
David Chipperfield, architect of renowned museums from Margate to Mexico City, wins 2023 Pritzker Prize
Chipperfield’s building projects include Turner Contemporary and Museo Jumex, as well as expansions of Kunsthaus Zürich and London’s Royal Academy
Film-maker Suneil Sanzgiri wins UOVO Prize, and will have a solo show at the Brooklyn Museum
Sanzgiri will present a segment of a forthcoming feature-length film at the museum within an installation incorporating sculptural and archival materials
The Smithsonian and MTV are launching a reality television art competition
The winner of “The Exhibit” will receive $100,000 and a solo exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum
Artist Narsiso Martinez wins Frieze Impact Prize for series highlighting migrant workers’ plight
The artist will receive $25,000 and a solo stand at the fair showcasing his portraits of agricultural workers
Photographer and historian Deborah Willis receives $200,000 prize from Crystal Bridges Museum
Willis is a photographer, author and curator whose work illuminates cultural histories of Blackness
Effects of war on young Ukrainian artists exposed in PinchukArtCentre Prize exhibition
Contemporary art prize, held in Kyiv, shows images of conflict and ideas for post-war reconstruction by 18 shortlisted artists aged 35 and under
Sculptor Julien Creuzet wins $20,000 French art prize at Art Basel in Miami Beach
The artist’s work is on show in both Andrew Kreps and High Art’s stands at the fair
Divya Mehra wins Canada’s top art prize, the Sobey Art Award
The Winnipeg-born artist’s work spans many media and often incorporates humour all the while addressing issues of identity, repatriation and cultural consumption
Future of ArtPrize, the biggest contemporary art contest in the US, uncertain after board disbands
The hugely popular contest also awarded major monies, with the winning artist taking home $250,000 most years
Pioneering photo-conceptualist Ian Wallace wins one of Canada’s top art prizes
The Audain Prize, awarded to the province of British Columbia’s most distinguished artists, comes with C$100,000 cash
After 26 years, Guggenheim discontinues prestigious $100,000 Hugo Boss Prize
The biannual award was first given in 1996 to Matthew Barney, and in the years since has honoured some of contemporary art’s biggest names
Cauleen Smith and Vanessa German receive $250,000 Heinz Prize
The unrestricted prize recognises important contributions to the artistic, environmental and economic sectors
American artist Senga Nengudi wins $100,000 Nasher Prize for sculpture
The artist will have a career-spanning exhibition at Dia Beacon next year that will be on view long-term
Ai Weiwei and museum architects Sanaa win £100,000 Praemium Imperiale art prizes
The annual award, under the patronage of Japan’s Imperial Family, spans five categories including painting, sculpture and architecture
Jailed Cuban artist receives €50,000 inaugural Prince Claus Impact award
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara is one of six artists to be honoured by the Dutch NGO
Canadian foundation will give more than $150,000 to artists of Ukrainian heritage
The Hnatyshyn Foundation will confer awards to ten displaced Ukrainian artists and ten Canadian artists of Ukrainian descent
Emerging British artist Abbas Zahedi wins 2022 Frieze Artist Award
He will create a large installation for the upcoming Frieze London fair, bringing together a public waiting area and support space
A basket woven from horsehair wins the 2022 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize in Seoul
The world's most lucrative craft prize was awarded to Korean weaver Dahye Jeong, who was selected by a jury including ceramicist Magdalene Odundo
Shortlisted artists revealed for Canada’s 2022 Sobey Art Award
Works by the finalists vying for the country’s top contemporary art prize will go on view at the National Gallery in Ottawa in October
Artist Yto Barrada wins the $106,000 Queen Sonja Print Award
The prestigious printmaking prize was founded by the Norwegian monarch
Colombian gallery repeats as Frieze stand prize winner
The Bogotá- and New York-based gallery Instituto de Visión walked away with the award for the second consecutive year
Deana Lawson wins the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2022
The US photographer has been awarded the £30,000 prize for her “sheer inventiveness and complexity of her approach to image making”
From migration to Minecraft: shortlist for UK's Art Fund Museum of the Year 2022 is announced
Institutions in the running include Tŷ Pawb in Wrexham and Horniman Museum and Gardens in London
Sonia Boyce's British pavilion wins Venice Biennale's coveted Golden Lion for best national exhibition
Simone Leigh, Zineb Sedira and Ali Cherri also receive awards
Contemporary drag and fruity sculpture: Turner Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Exhibition for the award returns to Tate Liverpool this October after a 15-year hiatus
SJ Norman wins Australia's Blake Prize for diptych of scarification ritual
The prize recognises a live performance in which the artist was slashed 147 times, addressing the disproportionate incarceration and custody deaths of First Nations people





























